cURL / Mailing Lists / curl-library / Single Mail

curl-library

Re: HTTP - Connection: close header

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:44:13 +0100 (CET)

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012, Vladimir Grishchenko wrote:

> I understand this is not required and HTTP 1.0-style connections are rarely
> used today if ever, but is there a particular reason libcurl doesn't send
> the Connection: close header when CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE option is in effect?
> One difference it would make is that connections will not go into the
> TIME_WAIT state on the client.

No, there's no reason and yes I agree that it should. I'd appreciate a patch!
(Do note that there will be a bunch of test cases that will need attention)

-- 
  / daniel.haxx.se
-------------------------------------------------------------------
List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library
Etiquette:  http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
Received on 2012-02-14